Pre-diet eating habits

As I was sitting at my desk today eating my 3rd meal of the day I started thinking back to how I was eating before I decided to change things. I am absolutely disgusted with myself. No wonder I gain 40+ lbs in less than year. Holy shit, why did nobody stop me?

Let us take a look at then versus now. *insert fairytale page turning music*

Breakfast:

Then: First thing in the morning, a diet coke to start off my day. On my way to work I would often times stop at the gas station and pick up 2 containers of sugary cereal, Apple Jacks or Fruit Loops most of the time with 2% milk. At least once a week it would be 2 sausage and cheese kolaches and a dozen donut holes from Shipleys.

2 cups of Apple Jacks: 116 calories

1 1/2 cup 2% milk: 195 calories

2 sausage & cheese kolaches: 480 calories

Dozen donut holes: 624 calories

Breakfast: Between 311 & 1,104

Let’s move on to lunch.

Then: More times than not, it would be Sonic since it is conveniently located 3 minutes from my office.

If I were eating *just* those things alone in a given day I would be consuming about 3,300 calories A DAY. Now, that would just be eating those things, don’t forget!

Often times when I would get home from work I’d snack on about 3 or 4 cups of Cool Ranch Doritos and throughout the day at work I’d eat a few snack sized Kit Kats. After dinner I’d eat half a pint of Starbucks coffee Ice Cream. On the weekends I’d drink 10 – 15 beers A NIGHT!! No wonder I blimped up so quickly I was consuming almost double my recommended calorie intake.

Let’s take a look at what I’m eating now.

Breakfast: 4 Brown N’ Serve Turkey Sausage links 100 calories for 2 so 200 calories total or 1 scrambled egg with spinach 76 calories for the egg and I don’t count the spinach because often times it’s only about 2 leaves.

Snack 1: Today I had 2 tangerines 172 calories but these are counted on my list as a negative calorie food.